In California, anyone who is in prison, or otherwise restrained in some way by the criminal justice system, can bring a writ of habeas corpus petition to challenge their imprisonment. The right to do this is guaranteed by the California Constitution.
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Prisoner Petitions – California (CA)
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California Prisoner Petitions – Letter M
This page lists publicly available prisoner petition records filed in California for names beginning with the letter M. These case listings may include prisoner civil rights matters, habeas-related filings, sentence challenges, prison condition claims, and other inmate-related court actions.
The records below are organized alphabetically to make browsing easier. If a large number of filings exist for one letter, the listings may be divided across multiple pages.
Letter: M
Page: 64
Total Records for Letter M: 7,331
Date Range: July 14, 1988 through April 8, 2024
About These California Petition Records
Prisoner petitions can involve issues such as prison conditions, civil rights claims, disciplinary disputes, medical care complaints, or motions related to custody and sentencing. This section is provided as a browsing aid for users looking through petition-related court records in California.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a prisoner petition?
A prisoner petition is a court filing submitted by or on behalf of an incarcerated person. These filings may challenge prison conditions, medical treatment, disciplinary decisions, or other aspects of confinement or sentencing.
Why are these records sorted by letter?
Alphabetical sorting helps users browse large datasets more easily, especially when a state has many petition records.
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| Plaintiff/ Respondent Name |
Petitioner/ Defendant Name |
Filed, Nature of Suit, Judge |
|---|---|---|
| Michael McNeil - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
Harminder Longia, Pal Virk, Kiran Toor, Shwe Tin-Aung | Filed: September 10, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Syrue - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
Acting Warden D Camden, D Camden | Filed: September 16, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii |
| Marciano Flores - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Rosemary Ndoh, Kathleen Allison, Ralph Diaz | Filed: September 26, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Mark Raymond Frisby - Judge Lawrence J O'Neill More Information >>> |
California City Correctional Facility, Employees of California City Prison | Filed: October 07, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Jeremy D Peterson |
| Michael Hernandez Gonzalez - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
M. Mims, R. Perez | Filed: October 15, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Monico Aranzubia - Judge Lawrence J O'Neill More Information >>> |
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Steven Merlak | Filed: November 04, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241, Referring Judge Jennifer L Thurston |
| Michael S Ioane - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Georgina Puentes, Stephanie Hicks, Hall, T. Craig, Dan Joslin, Curtis Logan, Management, Training Corporation, J. Johns, Steven Merlak | Filed: November 06, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| Maxcime Cagan - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> |
S. Lake, M. Fischer, R. Martinez, Federal of Bureau Prisons | Filed: November 15, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii |
| Michael Stanford - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
R Montano, S Harris, L Santillan | Filed: November 15, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Lee Roessler - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
Patrick Covello | Filed: December 02, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Maxcime Cagan - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> |
Thomas Moore, Steven Lake, Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States | Filed: December 09, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| Michael Angel Corral - Judge Dale A Drozd More Information >>> |
Patrick Covello | Filed: December 04, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Jeremy D Peterson |
| Mark R. Frisby, Mark Raymond Frisby - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
Gavin Newsome, The State of California | Filed: December 11, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii |
| Marcos Arellano - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> |
CDCR | Filed: January 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Monico Aranzubia - Judge Dale A Drozd More Information >>> |
Steven Merlak | Filed: January 06, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241, Referring Judge Sheila K Oberto |
| Melvin Hiram Thomas - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Warzek - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Dale A Drozd |
| Manfred Schockner - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Matthew Wilke Morgan - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Malanje Phea - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
The People of the State of California | Filed: February 03, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Mckinley Pierce Atkins - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
E. Rocha, D. Delussa, E. Rios | Filed: February 06, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Melvin Ray Brummett‚ Jr. - Judge Sheila K Oberto More Information >>> |
D. Lopez | Filed: February 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Mark Raymond Frisby - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
California City Correctional Facility, State of California | Filed: February 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Barbara A McAuliffe |
| Michael Dwight Butts - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
Rolando Lira, O. Magallanes, K. Dennis, Mark Ogma, Kelly Santoro, Jose Ceja, L. Diaz, Pascual Ibarra, O. Montoya, B. Xiong | Filed: February 24, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Michael Mitchell - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
C. Pfeiffer | Filed: February 24, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Michael Allahrae Fox - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> |
Ernest Zeigler, Ryan Kim | Filed: February 21, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Jennifer L Thurston |
| Manuel Martinez - Judge Dale A Drozd More Information >>> |
Sherman | Filed: March 04, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Jennifer L Thurston |
| Mario Jijon - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
Scott Frauenhein | Filed: March 06, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Mr. James Leos - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> |
Richard Milan, Stewart Sherman | Filed: April 14, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Benanti - Judge Sheila K Oberto More Information >>> |
A. Ciolli | Filed: April 15, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Manuel A. Velasco - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
W.L. Montgomery | Filed: April 24, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Michael Spitzauer, Jorge Villalobos, Marcial Bravo Zambrano - Judge Dale A Drozd More Information >>> |
Nathan Allen, William Barr, Michael Carvajal, David Jennings, Matthew T. Albence, Chad F. Wolf, Steven "Mike" Merlak | Filed: April 24, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241, Referring Judge Jennifer L Thurston |
| Mark A. Scott - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
Justin Anderson, Ralph Diaz, David Castillo, Christian Pfieffer | Filed: April 27, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Melvin Ray Brummett‚ Jr. - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
E. Aguirre, G. Beard, Stuart Sherman, D Lopez | Filed: April 30, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Monico J. Quiroga‚ III - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> |
Gang & Narcotics Task Forces | Filed: May 04, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii |
| Michael A. Yocom - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
Attorney General | Filed: May 07, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Michael Hernandez Gonzalez - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> |
Dr. McGee, Dr. Perez, Strling Price, Jason Black | Filed: May 08, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Marvin Harris - Judge Sheila K Oberto More Information >>> |
Warden Ken Clark | Filed: May 12, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Mardik K. Mekhtarian - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
C. Ortega | Filed: May 19, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Miguel Giron - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> |
N. Casanova, C. Brown, R. C. Johnson | Filed: May 21, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Mark Thomas McCombs - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
T. Cisneros, Stu Sherman | Filed: May 21, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Victory - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
M. Mueller, Stuart Sherman | Filed: May 27, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael A. Victory - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
Arthur Anderson‚ Jr., Patricia Eaton, Jennifer Shaffer, Ralph Diaz, Gavin Newsom, James Martin | Filed: May 22, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Malanje Phea - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> |
David W. Abbott, Amanda Benson, Steve White, E. Racacho, Mills, Jason Jacobo, Timothy M. Frawley, S. Borge, Shelly Lazzaretto, Kevin J. McCormick | Filed: May 28, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Mark Anthony Gonzales - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
Tham, Shaffer, Kings County Deputies, Maya | Filed: June 08, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Mario Louis Navarro - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> |
Chastain, Hough, D. Sheppard Brooks, K. D Ruiz Comates, | Filed: June 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Michelle-Lael B. Norsworthy - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> |
Janel Espinoza, Ikwinder Singh, Robert Ralph Mitchell, Diaz, Michael Pallares, Roselle Branch | Filed: June 11, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael E. Pryor - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> |
The People of the State of California | Filed: June 15, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Marcus Major - Judge Lawrence J O'Neill More Information >>> |
USA | Filed: June 23, 2020 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Michael Eugene Steward - Judge Lawrence J O'Neill More Information >>> |
USA | Filed: June 23, 2020 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
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